14S CL. AROiDE^E (brown). [Amorphophallus, 



obtuse, labyrinthically rugose, dark purple-brown. Berries J in. long, 

 oblong or oblong- obo void, orange or orange-yellow. — Flore des Serres, ii. 

 Oct. t. 161 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7768. Arum a'phyllum, Hook, in Gray,Trav. 

 in Western Africa, 386, t. A. Corynophullus Afzelii, Schott in Oesterr. 

 Bot. Wochenbl. 1857, 389, Gen. Aroid. t. 32, and Prod. Aroid. 132 ; 

 Mast, in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1619, fig. 343 (spadix inaccurate). C. leon- 

 ensis, Engl, in DO. Monogr. Phan. ii. 326. Uydrosme leonensis, Engl. 

 Jahrb. i. 187 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 128, and Nachtrage 

 zu ii.-iv. 59; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 87. 



Vpper Guinea. Futa Jallon : near the River Nunez, Gray. Sierra Leone : 

 on grassy mountain slopes near Freetown, Welwitsch, 219 ! and without precise 

 locality, Afzelius ! Scott-JSlUot ! 



Var. spectahilis, N. E. Br. Lower part of the petiole puce-coloured and marked 

 with dark linear-oblong spots. Leaf-segments 4-8 lin. broad. — Corynophallus 

 Afzelii, Schott, var. spectahilis, Mast, in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1619. C. leonensix, 

 Engl., var. spectahilis, Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 326. Hydrosme leonensis,. 

 Engl., var. spectahilis, Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. 



Upper Crulnea. Sierra Leone : Cultivated specimen ! 



Var. elegans, N. E. Br. Petiole green. Leaf-segments narrow, 3-4^ lin. broad, 

 drooping. — Corynophallus Afzelii, Schott, var. elegans. Mast, in Gard. Chron. 1872, 

 •1619. C. leonensis, Engl., var. elegans, Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 326. 

 Mydrosme leonensis, Engl., var. elegans, Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Cultivated specimen! 



Var. latifolia, N. E, Br. Petiole green. Leaf less divided than in the other 

 forms; segments ^-1 in. broad. — Corynophallus Afzelii, Schott, var. latifolia. 

 Mast, in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1619. C. leonensis, Engl., var. latifolia, Engl, in 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 326. Hydrosme leonensis, Engl., var. latifolia, Durand & 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474. 



xrpper G-ulnea. Sierra Leone : Cultivated, specimen ! 



The inflorescence of the above three varieties is unknown, but I doubt if they are 

 more than slightly different forms of the typical plant, and scarcely worth distinguish- 

 ing by names. 



3. A. dracontioides, N. E. Br. Tuber "large, flattened" 

 {Barter), " as large as a child's head " {Johnson), "as large as a Cheshire 

 cheese" {Irving). Leaves 5 ft. high {Johnson), "18 in. high, finely 

 cut'' {Barter); petiole smooth ; segments 3-10 in. long, 2J-7 lin. broad, 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, tapering to a fine point, decurrent. Peduncle 

 |-2 ft. long, green suffused with purple, and spotted with blackish- 

 purple, smooth. Spathe 7-13 in. or more long, 3-8 in. diam., con- 

 volute for half its length, cylindric or campanulate at the base, then 

 dilating into an ovoid cucullate upper part, with an oblique ovate 

 mouth in front, glabrous within and without, dull purple, striped with 

 darker purple and spotted with whitish, or light gi-een mottled with 

 brown on the outside, shading into a bluish-flesh tint or whitish at the 

 base, inside rich dark velvety-purple in the upper part, and striped 

 with white and purple-red in the tube. Spadix not exceeding the con- 

 volute part of the spathe, stipitate ; stipes J-J in. long, cylindric; 



